180 minutes from total Fergusson domination of Europe

First, congratulations to all of the Scotland internationals finding themselves in European finals after this week of matches. Manchester United’s Darren Fletcher is the one reason I might ever consider rooting for United, someday, and likewise, Rangers’ group of Tartan boys, like Davie Weir, Kris Boyd and company are giving me a very rare opportunity to send support their way as well.

We are now two matches away from arguably the greatest year of football in the Fergusson clan’s history. (That’s the proper spelling, by the way – double ’s’) Sir Alex, of course, is the manager of Manchester United, and will take his side to Moscow to face Chelsea, in a match that is interesting only for the trophy awarded at the end. His distant kinsman Barry Ferguson is captain of both Rangers and Scotland, and today guided his club to their first UEFA Cup final. I say guided, but I could equally well say “stumbled his way” to it, since he missed the opening penalty.

So, here we sit, 180 minutes from the total domination of European football by the clan Fergusson. Lord Galloway would be proud.